general election

Solidarity – People Before Profit’s (S-PBP) manifesto offers a wide array of promises from free public transport to a rent freeze and is one of the few that covers issues related to third-level education.

Enda Kenny’s decision to host a Friday general election was welcomed by the National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) and Union of Students’ following their lobbying.
The council stressed the importance of a Friday or weekend election, in order to allow students to return home to vote.

Following major opposition from students around Ireland, Fianna Fail has sent an open letter to Student Unions’ around Ireland last Friday stating, “Fianna Fail will now no longer include the proposal of the student loan programme in our election manifesto.”